"That depends on whether you have the ability to spread the news to Kyoto. If you can tell His Majesty what happened today, then this prince will look upon you with new eyes."

Sheng Mingyu was not in a hurry. He spoke slowly and poured Gu Yunni another cup of tea.

"you!"

The man shouted angrily, but was silenced by Sheng Mingyu.

If he could really get the news to Kyoto, he wouldn't be suffering here.

"Mo Qing, stop it. Take your men out and clear this place. This prince has something to ask you."

Sheng Mingyu stopped torturing him and sent everyone out, and the scene became quiet.

The man looked at Sheng Mingyu with inquiry in his eyes.

"I wonder why His Highness the Crown Prince left me alone. What's the reason? If you want to know the truth from me, I'm afraid you've chosen the wrong person. I won't tell you."

He took the initiative to speak, wanting to take the initiative.

"Don't worry, this prince has never intended to force you. I'm just asking casually. If you're willing to tell the truth, I might consider letting you go. If you're not willing to tell the truth, all these torture instruments will be used on you. You better think carefully."

Sheng Mingyu smiled, but the words he spoke were full of chilling coldness.

He would not admit defeat. Now that he was here, he had to find out the truth. How could he give up halfway?

The man's eyes were panicked and his body was trembling slightly. He was holding on and not begging for mercy.

"I don't believe His Royal Highness is so cruel. There's no real evidence for what I did, so it's not wrong no matter where I go. His Royal Highness shouldn't disregard the law."

"Don't make random assumptions about this prince's character. He might be different from what you think."

Sheng Mingyu was not polite at all and didn't even look at him.

The man stood there in a daze, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"This prince has little patience. I'll give you a quarter of an hour at most. Think carefully about whether you should tell the truth. I just whipped you a few times. If you don't tell me, the whip won't solve this problem."

After Sheng Mingyu finished speaking, Mo Qing brought in a plate of snacks and placed it next to Gu Yunni.

Gu Yunni's face turned pale as she put a piece of the snack in her mouth.

"Don't prepare so much food here in the future. It's really disgusting and I can't eat it."

She couldn't help but say a few more words. Although she could keep her face straight in prison, she couldn't tolerate everything.

The tied man suddenly sneered and looked at Sheng Mingyu with an inexplicable look.

"Your Highness's IQ is worrying. Who can eat in prison? Do you think you can eat?"

There was a teasing tone in his voice.

"I..." Sheng Mingyu looked embarrassed. He didn't think too much about it. He just thought that Gu Yunni might be hungry.

"None of your business! You should have decided whether or not to tell the truth. Hurry up, we don't have time to chat with you. You still have your little devils to deal with outside. We only caught one batch today."

Gu Yunni could speak for herself, but she didn't allow others to speak for Sheng Mingyu, and she would retort with a few words.

Hearing Gu Yunni's words, the man was just a little surprised, but didn't react much.

Those little devils are as stupid as pigs. It's expected that they will be caught sooner or later.

"The Crown Prince's wife is really a bitch, ungrateful. You've already caught all my cards, how can I not tell the truth? I don't want to die in prison. Your Highness, tell me, what exactly do you want to ask?"

"I just want to ask why you're doing all this? What's your trump card? I heard you've been in Jiangnan for quite a few years, and it seems like you're doing all this to get closer to the imperial court."

Sheng Mingyu was also straightforward and didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked directly.

"Your Highness Shiji should have investigated my background and knows a lot, but you haven't even figured out my secrets? The people under your command don't seem very useful."

The man nodded, agreeing with what Sheng Mingyu said, but also not minding giving him a hard time.

"Whether the people under my command are good or not is none of your business. You'd better answer truthfully. I don't have time to waste with you."

Sheng Mingyu's tone was bad, and the man didn't want to offend her again. "Okay, then I'll tell His Royal Highness a story."

Sheng Mingyu just nodded and listened attentively.

Gu Yunni was very interested and pricked up her ears.

"I have a condition. What I'm going to say today is related to my life experience and cannot be revealed to anyone."

The man looked serious when he said this.

Sheng Mingyu nodded without hesitation, "Okay."

The man seemed to believe that he would not break the contract and was lost in memories. At first, his facial expression was sweet.

"I've never seen my father since I was born. My mother told me that he was from a very faraway place and that they only met when he occasionally came out to travel. She told me that as long as I studied hard, I would see him again sooner or later. At that time, I only thought about him all day long and studied hard. It wasn't until I grew up that I realized I would never see him."

In the end, he became more and more painful and shed two lines of tears.

Gu Yunni frowned, not understanding what was going on.

But the man's next question opened up all her meridians.

"What kind of person would travel occasionally? Apart from that trip to the south of the Yangtze River, he never came here again."

Her eyes widened in shock.

"How do you know whether what your mother said is true or not? Do you expect me to believe you just based on your one-sided statement?" Sheng Mingyu said in a cold tone and with a bad look in his eyes.

Gu Yunni turned to look at Sheng Mingyu with a distressed look on her face.

"Of course I can't rely on just one side of the story. I'm not that stupid. I have a jade pendant that you might be interested in."

The man raised a sarcastic smile and stared at Sheng Mingyu without blinking.

"It's inside my clothes. I've been in the cell these past few days and have been tied up. No one has searched me, yet you still found it? His Highness is knowledgeable and must recognize this jade pendant."

The man did not hide anything. Now that he had said it, he had to finish it.

Sheng Mingyu took a deep breath, then stood up and walked to the man.

"right."

He nodded and took out a jade pendant from the man's right side of the clothes.

The finest mutton-fat white jade with the word "five" engraved on it!

Sheng Mingyu's pupils constricted, and he was so angry that he almost crushed the jade pendant.

"Your Highness, please be careful. I have been able to dominate Jiangnan all these years thanks to this jade pendant. I will need it when I recognize my relatives in the future. You must not block my way."

There was a smile in the man's eyes as he looked at Sheng Mingyu with a playful look. He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Gu Yunni didn't even dare to blink as she watched the scene.

When the man said that person traveled around Jiangnan, she guessed who it was.

Apart from His Majesty, no one else travels for many years.

"Mo Qing, let him go and take him to the cell."

Sheng Mingyu was silent for a long time before speaking.

Gu Yunni walked to the side, held Sheng Mingyu's hand, and accompanied him silently.

After he gave the order, he took Gu Yunni away, leaving the man standing there laughing.

"How can you look at a simple jade pendant and think it belongs to your Majesty? What if you're mistaken?"